1968 Summer Olympics / Tennis
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics |
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venue |
Mexico City , Mexico Guadalajara , Mexico |
Competition venue | Guadalajara Country Club (Guadalajara) Rafael Osuna Stadium (Mexico City) |
Nations | 15th |
Athletes | 45 (32 , 13 ) |
date | October 14-20, 1968 October 24-26, 1968 |
decisions | 10 |
← Stockholm 1924
Los Angeles 1984 (demo) →
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A total of ten tennis competitions were held as part of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . From October 14 to 20, 1968, five competitions in singles, doubles and mixed doubles for women and men were played as a demonstration competition in Guadalajara . From October 24 to 26, 1968, the same competitions were held as an exhibition competition in Mexico City.
demonstration
Men's
singles
space | country | player |
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1 | Spain | Manuel Santana |
2 | Spain | Manuel Orantes |
3 | United States | Herbert Fitzgibbon |
Double
space | country | Player |
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1 | Mexico |
Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa |
2 | Spain |
Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana |
3 |
France Mexico |
Pierre Darmon Joaquín Loyo-Mayo |
Ladies
singles
space | country | Player |
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1 | BR Germany | Helga Niessen |
2 | United States | Jane Bartkowicz |
3 | United States | Julie Heldman |
Double
space | country | Player |
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1 | BR Germany |
Edda Buding Helga Niessen |
2 |
France United States |
Rosa Maria Darmon Julie Heldman |
3 | United States |
Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss |
Mixed
space | country | player |
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1 | United States |
Julie Heldman Herbert Fitzgibbon |
2 | BR Germany |
Helga Niessen Jürgen Fassbender |
3 | United States |
Jane Bartkowicz James Osborne |
Exhibition
Men's
singles
space | country | player |
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1 | Mexico | Rafael Osuna |
2 | BR Germany | Ingo Buding |
3 | Soviet Union | Vladimir Korotkov |
Italy | Nicola Pietrangeli |
Double
Ladies
singles
space | country | Player |
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1 | United States | Jane Bartkowicz |
2 | United States | Julie Heldman |
3 | Ecuador | María Eugenia Guzmán |
Brazil | Suzana Petersen |
Double
Mixed
Web links
- Statistics on sportsreference.de (English)
- Tournament schedule for men (demonstration) on the ITF homepage
- Tournament schedule for men (exhibition) on the ITF homepage
- Tournament schedule for women (demonstration) on the ITF homepage
- Tournament schedule for women (exhibition) on the ITF homepage